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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CEFGILTVcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
+ <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
[<STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <STRONG>d</STRONG>| <STRONG>i</STRONG>| <STRONG>l</STRONG>| <STRONG>c</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-R</STRONG> <STRONG>subset</STRONG>]
[<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [<STRONG>-B</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>]
[<EM>termname</EM>...]
The <STRONG>-I</STRONG>, <STRONG>-L</STRONG>, and <STRONG>-C</STRONG> options will produce a source listing
for each terminal named.
-
<STRONG>-I</STRONG> use the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> names
<STRONG>-L</STRONG> use the long C variable name listed in <<STRONG>term.h</STRONG>>
<STRONG>-C</STRONG> use the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> names
<STRONG>-r</STRONG> when using <STRONG>-C</STRONG>, put out all capabilities in <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> form
+ <STRONG>-K</STRONG> modifies the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option, improving BSD-compatibility.
If no <EM>termnames</EM> are given, the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>
will be used for the terminal name.
only those variables which were part of <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> will nor-
mally be output. Specifying the <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option will take off
this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output
- in <EM>termcap</EM> form.
+ in <EM>termcap</EM> form. Normally you would use both the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> and
+ <STRONG>-r</STRONG> options. The actual format used incorporates some
+ improvements for escaped characters from terminfo format.
+ For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, use the <STRONG>-K</STRONG>
+ option rather than <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.
Note that because padding is collected to the beginning of
the capability, not all capabilities are output. Manda-
equivalents, and some terminal types which commonly have
such sequences, are:
-
<STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> Representative Terminals
---------------------------------------------------------------
<STRONG>%p1%c</STRONG> <STRONG>%.</STRONG> adm
<EM>termname</EM> entries contains a value for it. A capability's
value gets printed if the value in the first <EM>termname</EM> is
not found in any of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries, or if the
- first of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries that has this capabil-
- ity gives a different value for the capability than that
- in the first <EM>termname</EM>.
+ first of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries that has this
+ capability gives a different value for the capability than
+ that in the first <EM>termname</EM>.
The order of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries is significant.
Since the terminfo compiler <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does a left-to-right scan
different people.
<STRONG>Other</STRONG> <STRONG>Options</STRONG>
- <STRONG>-1</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed out one to a line.
- Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a
+ <STRONG>-0</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed on one line, without
+ wrapping.
+
+ <STRONG>-1</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed out one to a line.
+ Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a
line to a maximum width of 60 characters.
- <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities
- rather than discarding them. Capabilities are com-
+ <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities
+ rather than discarding them. Capabilities are com-
mented by prefixing them with a period.
+ <STRONG>-D</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to print the database locations that it
+ knows about, and exit.
+
<STRONG>-E</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as
tables, needed in the C initializer for a TERMTYPE
structure (the terminal capability structure in the
Before ncurses 5.0, the split between the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> and <STRONG>-E</STRONG>
options was not needed; but support for extended
- names required making the arrays of terminal capabil-
- ities separate from the TERMTYPE structure.
+ names required making the arrays of terminal
+ capabilities separate from the TERMTYPE structure.
<STRONG>-e</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as a C
initializer for a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal
the capability string with sections matching recog-
nized actions translated into {}-bracketed descrip-
tions. Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI special
- sequences recognized:
-
+ sequences recognized: i.
Action Meaning
-----------------------------------------
RC restore cursor
LL home-down
RSR reset scroll region
-
+ -----------------------------------------
DECSTR soft reset (VT320)
S7C1T 7-bit controls (VT220)
-
+ -----------------------------------------
ISO DEC G0 enable DEC graphics for G0
ISO UK G0 enable UK chars for G0
ISO US G0 enable US chars for G0
ISO DEC G1 enable DEC graphics for G1
ISO UK G1 enable UK chars for G1
ISO US G1 enable US chars for G1
-
+ -----------------------------------------
DECPAM application keypad mode
+
DECPNM normal keypad mode
DECANSI enter ANSI mode
-
+ -----------------------------------------
ECMA[+-]AM keyboard action mode
ECMA[+-]IRM insert replace mode
ECMA[+-]SRM send receive mode
ECMA[+-]LNM linefeed mode
-
+ -----------------------------------------
DEC[+-]CKM application cursor keys
DEC[+-]ANM set VT52 mode
-
DEC[+-]COLM 132-column mode
DEC[+-]SCLM smooth scroll
DEC[+-]SCNM reverse video mode
All but NORMAL may be prefixed with `+' (turn on) or
`-' (turn off).
- An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence
- (equivalent to {SGR:NORMAL}).
+ An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent
+ to {SGR:NORMAL}).
<STRONG>-l</STRONG> Set output format to terminfo.
Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
+ <STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to not post-process the data after
+ parsing the source file. This feature helps when
+ comparing the actual contents of two source files,
+ since it excludes the inferences that <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> makes
+ to fill in missing data.
+
<STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
program, and exits.
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<H2>EXTENSIONS</H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>, <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
+ The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG> and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4
+ curses.
The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System
- V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
- more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG>
+ V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
+ more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG>
<STRONG>-RBSD</STRONG>.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>,
- <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.9 (patch 20120107).
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